Death's-head Hawk-moth (Ach...
Species account from Moths of Glamorgan (Gilmore, Slade & Stewart, 2009):
A migrant from southern Europe and north Africa. Irregularly recorded from May to October. Although most of the records are for imagines, larvae have also been reported on Potato. The only significant influx in Glamorgan for this species, Britain's largest moth, was in 1933, when a total of seven were reported.
10km Distribution Map
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Tetrad Distribution Map
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Date
Recorder
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Pyle
SS8282
1
09 Oct 1976
G. Morgan
Hensol
ST041775
0
30 Aug 1996
N. Moss
Penllergaer
SS6198
1
09 Sep 1928
Unknown
Porthcawl
SS813766
1
1895
F.W. Frohawk
Resolven
SN8202
0
22 Sep 2003
Unknown
Rest Bay, Porthcawl
SS8078
1
29 Sep 1963
H.D. Morgan
Cowbridge
SS9974
0
03 Sep 1944
T.A. Richards
Ty-coch, Swansea
SS6293
0
1914
H.R. Wakefield
Penarth
ST1871
1
1917
Howard Hallett
Porthcawl
SS813766
1
08 Nov 1933
E. Davies
Berthlwyd saltmarsh
SS5696
1
1998
M. Carroll
Llantrisant (Evan John site)
ST0483
0
1857 to 1914
Evan John
Ewenny
SS9077
1
01 Nov 2001
Hutin
Neath (a)
SS7496
0
1938
H.W. Thompson
Swansea University (se) & Swansea Bay shore 1km square
SS6391
1
11 Jun 2003
Steve Walmsley, Sarah Walmsley
Pontypridd
ST0690
1
11 Sep 1933
Arthur Gardener
Kenfig NNR Reserve Centre
SS801810
6
24 Sep 2017
Mike Cram
Caerphilly
ST1586
1
1950 to 1970
J. Purnell
Rhondda
SS9596
1
24 Nov 1933
A. Jones
Rhoose
ST0666
1
20 May 2002
Sian Powell
Penllergaer
SS6198
1
1850 to 1920
J.P. Llewellyn, J.T. Llewellyn
Bridgend
SS9079
1
29 Sep 1933
A. Turner
Kenfig National Nature Reserve Visitor Centre
SS802809
6
23 Sep 2017
B. Stewart, S.J. Stewart
Porthcawl
SS813766
1
Sep 1995
Phil Rixon
Margam Orangery
SS802862
1
02 Oct 2003
R Jones
Roath (central), Cardiff
ST1977
1
12 Sep 2007
C. Jones, L Jones
Dinas Powis
ST1571
1
24 Nov 1925
Unknown
Margam Abbey
SS802862
1
03 Oct 2003
Alison Lloyd
Pennard saltmarsh (within meander : north side)
SS542883
1
17 Sep 2016
Penny Gruffydd
Barry (centre)
ST1268
1
24 Nov 1925
Unknown
Parkmill / Lunnon 1km square
SS5489
1
1913 to 1926
H.R. Wakefield
Cardiff (Historical)
ST1876
1
30 Jun 1931
D.W. Watkins
Bridgend, Laleston
SS8779
2
28 Sep 1995
D.R.W. Gilmore
Nottage, Porthcawl
SS8178
7
09 Aug 2017
D.G. Carrington
Maudlam
SS808818
1
04 Sep 2000
Unknown
Swansea
SS6592
2
1915
H.R. Wakefield
Canton (Victoria Park), Cardiff
ST155769
1
03 Nov 1978
P. Sharma
Morriston, Swansea
SS6698
1
10 Jun 1933
H.R. Wakefield
West Cross (East)
SS6189
1
1964
Paul Llewellyn
Dowlais, Merthyr
SO0607
1
1900 to 1927
George Fleming
Llandaff North, Cardiff
ST1578
1
1890
M.A. David
Dinas Powys
ST1571
1
12 Jun 2020
Migrant Lepidoptera News
Cardiff Docks
ST205745
1
13 Jul 1932
M.A. David
Cardiff Bay (Wetland Reserve - CBWR)
ST185742
1
09 Oct 2006
David Hall
Kilvey West
SS6694
0
1917
H.R. Wakefield
Bridgend, Pen-y-Fai
SS8982
1
29 Sep 1999
Miles
Barry (Atlantic Trading Estate)
ST1367
1
27 Oct 2005
D. Cartwright
Dinas Powys
ST154709
1
20 Sep 2001
Jeff Curtis
Peterston-super-Ely
ST0876
1
01 Oct 1929
G.J. Williams
Pontcanna Allotments
ST163782
0
Jul 1996
Glamorgan Moth Recor Group
Bridgend, Laleston
SS8779
0
28 Sep 1995
Unknown
Kilvey West
SS6694
0
1915
H.R. Wakefield
Jersey Marine
SS715935
0
04 Aug 1933
Unknown
Nottage, Porthcawl
SS8178
7
08 Aug 2017
Unknown
Gendros
SS6395
0
1917
Unknown
Ogmore-by-sea
SS863755
0
30 Jul 1983
Michael Archer
Llandaff, Cardiff
ST1577
1
16 Jul 1926
W.J. Holloway
Kenfig Pool & surrounds (KPS)
SS79158127
1
05 Nov 2014
D.G. Carrington
Penclawdd
SS5596
1
26 Sep 1929
A. James Jenkins
Cardiff Bay Wetland Reserve
ST188740
0
09 Oct 2006
Anon
Aberdare, (St John the Baptist School)
SN993028
1
14 Sep 2006
Ben Manning
Pontcanna Fields (south east), Cardiff
ST1776
0
Jul 1996
S. Evans
Parkmill / Lunnon 1km square
SS5489
1
1913 to 1926
H.R. Wakefield
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